IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This safety lamp was manufactured by ...

This week’s Historical Treasure at the Vigo County History Center is an extraordinary specimen of a pocket Davy’s coal mine safety lamp that was used in coal mines here in Vigo County. The safety lamp ...

ALTHOUGH a period of 109 years has elapsed since Sir Humphry Davy gave to the world the first wire-gauze safety lamp, the mesh of the gauzes in use to-day is identical with that adopted in the ...

It was 200 years ago on Saturday that a colliery brakesman demonstrated his newly-invented miners’ safety lamp to a gathering on Tyneside. His name was George Stephenson, who was employed by ...

Visitors to Beamish Museum in County Durham are digging deep into the past this half-term week as a special programme of events celebrates a turning point in mining history. Just One Spark, running ...

Lighting has played a critical role in the safety of underground coal and metal mining for several thousand years. Challenges in an underground mine environment include dust, confined spaces, surfaces ...

POTTSVILLE – One of the worst mining disasters in Schuylkill County history was caused by a safety device. On July 23, 1892, in the York Farm Colliery mine, hundreds of feet beneath where John S.

Q: I recently inherited a lamp from my grandfather. My grandmother says she knows nothing about it except that he picked it up during one of his business trips to Europe. It is made of brass and steel ...

An Australian mining company has rolled out an underground digital network incorporating radio frequency identification to improve safety by tracking its staff and equipment. Anglo Coal has just ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Davy style safety lamp was ...